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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Manny's mother pressed her hands down onto Manny's shoulders, what was the scent coming from her hands?
(a) Lavender.
(b) Rosewater.
(c) Bleach.
(d) Ammonia.

2. What caused Manny to curse while in the back seat of the car after the family had picked up Manny's father from the pool hall?
(a) He burned his arm on the car door.
(b) He got mad at his father for staying too long at the pool hall.
(c) He remembered that he had left his quarter inside the pool hall.
(d) He saw the Garcia brothers running toward the car.

3. While Manny and his mother were watching Manny's father trying to start the car, what was Manny's little sister Pedi doing?
(a) Asking her father to take her with him to the pool hall.
(b) Studying a caterpillar in her hands.
(c) Erasing sparrow tracks from the dusty porch.
(d) Playing Jacks on the porch.

4. What did Mr. Hart write on the paper bag during his meeting with Manny in his office?
(a) Send Manny's transcripts to Hawthorn School.
(b) Remember to pick up milk.
(c) Be back in 20 minutes.
(d) Give the Hernandez boy $20.

5. What happened to make the 20 people still standing in the fields raise a cheer?
(a) One of the Immigration officers tripped and fell on his face in the field.
(b) Some of the illegal aliens seemed to have gotten away by hiding within the cornstalks.
(c) Nardo shouted an insult at the foreman for letting the Immigration officers onto the property.
(d) Two of the Immigration vans ran into one another.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Rebecca keep looking back over her shoulder when she was taking Manny home from the pool hall?

2. Who tried to buy Manuel a drink after Rebecca found Manuel's hiding place?

3. What reasons did Manny give for he and Nardo being slow at picking chili peppers?

4. What was Grandma Rosa wearing when she came into the yard to talk to Manny and Nardo?

5. About how many people started running when the Immigration vans showed up at the pepper fields?

(see the answer key)

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